organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy

An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition

the process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source

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Question	Answer
ATP	adenosine-derived nucleotide
autotroph	organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy
heterotroph	An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition
photosynthesis	the process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source
pigment	the color of your skin